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Thanks for the response! I completely understand how easy it is to lose perspective when you're the one behind the concepts. I'd recommend checking out TryRuby
by randomdrake 14y ago
Thanks for the response! I completely understand how easy it is to lose perspective when you're the one behind the concepts.
I'd recommend checking out TryRuby from Code School to get a better feel for interactivity in a tutorial. It takes you all the way from "That thing over there is an interactive prompt you are going to type things into."
Writing the code out yourself is extremely helpful for learning. Folks learn better by writing down what they are trying to understand while absorbing the information; the same is true for programming.
- coffeemug 14y agoWould you mind if I ping you to try things again after I make some changes? Your feedback is really wonderful, it would be immensely helpful to hear what you think after we fix things up. (I know it takes time, so if you're busy, no worries!)
- rektide 14y agoI for one have no reason why randomdrake is requesting such extensive pedantry: I thought your API does a wonderful job of speaking for itself, and adding more ceremony to talk about it would only have gotten in my way. Edit: I totally see the value of the "hack it out yourself" flow he discusses though, and agree that making people do it themselves would be a more likely to be useful learning experience.
- randomdrake 14y agoSure! I hopped in your IRC channel.